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The Reimagined <em>Mosquito Coast</em> Is a Hitchcockian Chase Thriller With a Social Critique

The Reimagined Mosquito Coast Is a Hitchcockian Chase Thriller With a Social Critique

The new Apple TV+ series takes on American exceptionalism but delivers it with a stylish story about a family pursued.

By Harrison Blackman | July 9, 2021

Setting a Murder Mystery in the Real Hollywood Canteen Required Piercing a Veil of Myth and Nostalgia

Setting a Murder Mystery in the Real Hollywood Canteen Required Piercing a Veil of Myth and Nostalgia

The Hollywood canteen was where soldiers went to dance and everyone was equal. That was the story, anyway.

By Susan Elia MacNeal | July 9, 2021

Amnesia in Literature and Film

Amnesia in Literature and Film

Unreliable narrators and mysteries of memory ratchet up the suspense in remarkable ways.

By Liv Constantine | July 9, 2021

Charlotte Philby Remembers Her Paradoxical Grandfather, Kim Philby

Charlotte Philby Remembers Her Paradoxical Grandfather, Kim Philby

Why are people drawn to espionage fiction? For Philby, the answer has always been personal

By Charlotte Philby | July 8, 2021

Sunny Palm Springs Is A Perfect Setting for Noir

Sunny Palm Springs Is A Perfect Setting for Noir

"On a steamy summer day, the residential streets are absent of people and can possess an unsettling quiet. Where is everyone?"

By Barbara DeMarco-Barrett | July 8, 2021

In True Crime, We Find a Deep, Elusive Connection

In True Crime, We Find a Deep, Elusive Connection

The best true crime is an invitation to believe that our opinions and our empathy matter.

By Jessica Chiarella | July 8, 2021

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The Most Murdered Woman in the World

By April Snellings | July 7, 2021

A List of Thrillers About Thrillers (and the People Who Write Them)

By David Bell | July 7, 2021

On Loving, and Leaving, Barcelona

By Rupert Thomson | July 7, 2021

The Art of Rejection: How One Author Pushed Through 41 Rejections and Kept on Waiting for Life-Changing News

The Art of Rejection: How One Author Pushed Through 41 Rejections and Kept on Waiting for Life-Changing News

To achieve her dream, T.J. Newman first had to cope with the bad news, again and again.

By T.J. Newman | July 6, 2021

7 Coming-of-Age Mysteries That Capture

7 Coming-of-Age Mysteries That Capture "The Oddness of the Moment in Question"

Will these protagonists succumb to the rigid spaces of adulthood, or rebel and find a path all their own?

By Rachel Donohue | July 6, 2021

10 New Books Coming Out This Week

10 New Books Coming Out This Week

New offerings from the world of crime, mystery, and thrillers.

By CrimeReads | July 5, 2021

The Sequelae: A Mother's Trauma and the Discovery of a Forgotten Magdalen Refuge in Manhattan

The Sequelae: A Mother's Trauma and the Discovery of a Forgotten Magdalen Refuge in Manhattan

Carol Goodman found inspiration in her mother's New York story.

By Carol Goodman | July 5, 2021

I Once Interviewed A Murderer Before He Was Caught. He Seemed Perfectly Normal.

I Once Interviewed A Murderer Before He Was Caught. He Seemed Perfectly Normal.

A reporter-turned-crime writer thinks back on an unsettling encounter with a killer.

By Jackie Kabler | July 5, 2021

Which International Thriller Should You Binge This Weekend? July 4th Edition

Which International Thriller Should You Binge This Weekend? July 4th Edition

Families on the run, gangsters in Berlin, and spies in Warsaw.

By Dwyer Murphy | July 2, 2021

The Case of Perry Mason’s Courtroom Cousin

The Case of Perry Mason’s Courtroom Cousin

In 1936, Erle Stanley Gardner was thinking of killing off his most famous character. Instead, he created a new kind of lawyer.

By J. Kingston Pierce | July 2, 2021

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